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F.Y.R. Macedonia: Kaliopi's "Dona" presented

07 March 2016 at 22:48 CET
Kaliopi, this year's representative of F.Y.R. Macedonia, premiered her Eurovision entry in a special show broadcast on MKRTV tonight. Dona is a powerful ballad created by the songwriter Kaliopi and the composer Romeo Grill. In Stockholm, Kaliopi will perform her song in the Macedonian language. Enjoy the official video below!    

In her entry for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Dona, Kaliopi shows the vast variety of her powerful voice. Dona is an inspiring ballad with uptempo refrains, full of feelings and emotions. It is the collaboration of Kaliopi and her musical partner Romeo Grill. Romeo has written the music, set the arrangement as well as the musical production of the song. And Kaliopi has written the lyrics of Dona. 

When I heard the powerful melody that Romeo Grill had composed, I was swept away and knew that I had to write lyrics to breathe even more life into our song. When we recorded Dona we knew we had a special song. And great songs like this are usually used to bring important messages to everyone. Dona is the essence of the song. Dona that cares for us, Dona that gives us strength, and Dona that unites us. And what's most important for each one of us is that at some place at a certain time in our lives there was and always will be one Dona! My heart and voice through my song wants millions of diverse people across Europe to #ComeTogether, Kaliopi said.
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Kaliopi in Eurovision

In 1996, Kaliopi was awarded to represent F.Y.R. Macedonia with her composition Sano Ti, but was then eliminated in a non-televised qualifying round.

In 2012, the singer represented F.Y.R. Macedonia in Baku and reached 13th place with her powerful rock ballad Crno i belo in the Grand Final. 

In 2016, Kaliopi will have the honour to sing for her country in Stockholm. She will perform Dona, Kaliopi's and Romeo Grill's collaboration. Also in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Kaliopi will sing in the Macedonian language.

Tonight's show

Tonight’s show was dedicated to Kaliopi musical career. Different songs from her repertoire have been presented by Kaliopi alongside different young musicians, Marijana Mariangel, David Temelkov, Ivona Jovanović, Ivana Naumova, Trajče Georgiev and others. Kaliopi’s former Eurovision entries have been featured in tonight’s programme. In the end of the show, the singer presented her entry Dona for Stockholm for the first time.